SED2601 - Sociology of Education QUESTIONS WITH WELL VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Sociology is the study of... - answer☑️✔️..Social systems that should be investigated as an
interrelated whole
Theorists argue that education is... - answer☑️✔️..The act of imparting or acquiring
knowledge and skills, a form of socialization, a means of shaping learners' characters, not static
but dynamic
The sociology of education.... - answer☑️✔️..Examines the relationship between the school,
politics, economics and culture
Which of the following have contributed towards the development of new social patterns in
society? - answer☑️✔️..The development of technology, the growth of mass media
Functionalists suggest that schools have a latent function which it to... - answer☑️✔️..Produce
people who share the same economic and political practices, produce people who share the
cultural practices and norms of society
Highly complex, industrialized societies tend to... - answer☑️✔️..Establish a system of
universal, compulsory public education, ensure that role differentiation is achieved
The term 'political socialization' refers to when a... - answer☑️✔️..Person's political loyalty is
widened beyond the local group, person's political loyalty to widened to include the state
Some functionalists argue that racial minorities in society must... - answer☑️✔️..Assimilate
into the dominant culture of society, adjust to the dominant culture of the school
, Functionalists believe that social class inequalities are... - answer☑️✔️..Necessary as they
motivate people to take on important positions
Conflict theorists argue that schools - answer☑️✔️..Are not a social benefit, prepare people to
become compliant workers in a capitalist economy
Conflict theory suggests that IQ (Intelligence Quotient) tests... - answer☑️✔️..Favour the
affluent class, are culturally biased
According to conflict theorists, the racial order in society... - answer☑️✔️..Is inextricably tied
to class stratification
Which of the following are components of the hidden curriculum according to Bowles and
Gintis? - answer☑️✔️..A passive acceptance of hierarchy, the fragmentation of school subjects
Explicit components of symbolic interactionism are... - answer☑️✔️..Interpretation, action,
constructivism
Constructivists contend that knowledge can be labelled as the following: - answer☑️✔️..Is
personally constructed, socially mediated
For a symbolic interactionist, gender is something which is... - answer☑️✔️..Constantly made
up and reproduced through social interaction
The following are conditions that need to be met if racial prejudice is to be reduced: -
answer☑️✔️..Social norms favouring equality must be agreed upon, contact must be between
individuals of equal status
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Sociology is the study of... - answer☑️✔️..Social systems that should be investigated as an
interrelated whole
Theorists argue that education is... - answer☑️✔️..The act of imparting or acquiring
knowledge and skills, a form of socialization, a means of shaping learners' characters, not static
but dynamic
The sociology of education.... - answer☑️✔️..Examines the relationship between the school,
politics, economics and culture
Which of the following have contributed towards the development of new social patterns in
society? - answer☑️✔️..The development of technology, the growth of mass media
Functionalists suggest that schools have a latent function which it to... - answer☑️✔️..Produce
people who share the same economic and political practices, produce people who share the
cultural practices and norms of society
Highly complex, industrialized societies tend to... - answer☑️✔️..Establish a system of
universal, compulsory public education, ensure that role differentiation is achieved
The term 'political socialization' refers to when a... - answer☑️✔️..Person's political loyalty is
widened beyond the local group, person's political loyalty to widened to include the state
Some functionalists argue that racial minorities in society must... - answer☑️✔️..Assimilate
into the dominant culture of society, adjust to the dominant culture of the school
, Functionalists believe that social class inequalities are... - answer☑️✔️..Necessary as they
motivate people to take on important positions
Conflict theorists argue that schools - answer☑️✔️..Are not a social benefit, prepare people to
become compliant workers in a capitalist economy
Conflict theory suggests that IQ (Intelligence Quotient) tests... - answer☑️✔️..Favour the
affluent class, are culturally biased
According to conflict theorists, the racial order in society... - answer☑️✔️..Is inextricably tied
to class stratification
Which of the following are components of the hidden curriculum according to Bowles and
Gintis? - answer☑️✔️..A passive acceptance of hierarchy, the fragmentation of school subjects
Explicit components of symbolic interactionism are... - answer☑️✔️..Interpretation, action,
constructivism
Constructivists contend that knowledge can be labelled as the following: - answer☑️✔️..Is
personally constructed, socially mediated
For a symbolic interactionist, gender is something which is... - answer☑️✔️..Constantly made
up and reproduced through social interaction
The following are conditions that need to be met if racial prejudice is to be reduced: -
answer☑️✔️..Social norms favouring equality must be agreed upon, contact must be between
individuals of equal status
